Yvette Cooper faces MPs after record migrant crossings
Yvette Cooper is set to face questions from MPs after record numbers of migrants crossed the Channel over the weekend.
Nearly 1,200 made the crossing illegally on Saturday, the highest number of people so far this year.
Defence Secretary John Healey later admitted that Britain had 'lost control of its borders'.
Ms Cooper, the Home Secretary, will be quizzed by the Home Affairs Committee on issues including small boat crossings at around 2.30.
It comes after new Home Office data shows good summer weather could lead to record Channel migrant crossings this year.
The number of 'red days' - when Border Force expects a surge in small boats due to calm seas - have been 'unusually high' in 2024-25.
Ministers claim the figures go some way to explain why the first five months of this year have seen a record 14,812 crossings, up 42 per cent on the same period in 2024.
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